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Three Madrigals (O Mistress mine; Take, oh, take those lips away; Sigh no more ladies; by William Shakespeare) composed by Emma Lou Diemer b. 1927 (yes, she is still around at young age of 96).

This is a common high school/college choir piece.

:mad: A bit to the west a large commercial size mower is making a huge noise first thing in the morning. I have practiced against a backdrop of many noises, including vacuums, crying babies, loud rain on a skylight, really loud birds, and even bagpipes (in the next room). Commercial mowers across t...

Maybenaut wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 10:45 am Yabbut, how much does it cost to have your attorney say, “LOL, No.”?

Priceless.

Screwie Lewie been doing all sorts of crazy shit (of course). I haven't posted about it here but looks like Mrs. Screwie has had enough. Took her a long time. https://twitter.com/pieper444/status/1445596944475164685 Doubt anyone will be surprised, but MLAM 'married' again in January 2024. She baile...

Thank you for not trying to remove your own appendix.

p0rtia wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 1:46 pm He intuitively knows the results can't be trusted.

Intuition. The new MAGA approach to governance. And life.

They have to go by intuition. Data-driven doesn't work well for them.

Because of a high water table and clay soil, many houses in Oklahoma don't have basements.

Oklahoma

Another reason I don't want to live there.

Maybenaut wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 12:32 pm This article brings to mind the two things those of us who live in tourist areas worry about:

1. No one will show up.
2. Everyone will show up.

I miss living up north. We had three seasons, winter, tourist, and deer. The deer were generally smarter than the tourists.

A couple of weeks ago, I got a parking ticket in a village garage* at 7:30 p.m. for parking in an employee section without an employee permit, even though the signs say an employee permit is required between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. I called the village the next morning and inquired about it. After checkin...

p0rtia wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 7:25 am I see Ingraham is auditioning to play the Intendant in the Mirror Universe.

https://apnews.com/article/solar-storm-flares-eruption-sun-fc23251025efc2d20dc128dc0b6a7c68 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. The National Oceanic a...

Suranis wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 6:52 pm Sounds like Daddy roped him into it and Mommy dragged him out of it.

Maybe this should go into the engineering thread.

Today's work listening included: Aram Khachaturian : Symphony No. 3 in C major 'Symphony-Poem' Besides being musically wonderful... oh yeah, it has organ https://youtu.be/chNL70L202k?si=dEx0A9myvMTIx4ph But to show that I am eclectic, there was also https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE?si=83rHWkB2XdvW_aOP B...

We had our first Hafla (dance party/recital) since before Covid last night. I performed a Saidi cane dance, a Bollywood dance, and a Polynesian dance. The video of the actual performance of the cane dance didn’t work so we had to film it again after the show. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/YE8Wcj...

Some churches take their thurible swinging very seriously.

Foggy, is it possible to move this topic to the "Arts, Music, Photography and stuff like that" forum/category/whatever it's called? To me, it fits well there.

neonzx wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 12:27 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 4:12 pm Dag nabbit. You gotta talk into my good ear if you want to tell me sumpin.

Mullets, rat tails, sideways hats. It's a jump back to my youth (or young adult).

Happy Birthday!!!

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 12:37 am The Roots of K-Pop! Who knows where they are now. They're probably creeping up on 1099's and Medicare.

Hey hey hey hey.... No comments about New Kids creeping up to Medicare. They are super way too young for the old stuff.

Did the lawyer or his staff tell him.. um, we told who the witnesses would be and your lawyer has been preparing? Or his lawyer intentionally did not tell him so he would not violate the gag order? He doesn't need to prepare. His attorney needs to prepare. His only "prep" is to post on TS ...

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 1:48 pm We know that thousands of our rural citizens have been probed by space aliens. We just don't have that number.

Intuitively, we all know Johnson has sex with farm animals and the space aliens.